Before he played Strats and then Parkers he used Mustangs.
Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 10:01 pm
by Justin J
looks like maybe an early duosonic or musicmaster. it's tough to tell.
i've heard he used mustangs and i know he played with the talking heads for a bit and they loved shortscales.
Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 10:05 pm
by euan
They played teh shortscales because they were cheap. Jerry loved him some Telecaster action and Byrne loved him a Strat.
Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 10:12 pm
by Justin J
there's some pretty good live footage on youtube of them playing with belew and bernie worrell from funkadelic.
Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 10:15 pm
by euan
the rome concert?
Its pretty fucking immense that. I can't believe it has never been released on DVD.
Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 10:26 pm
by Justin J
yeah, it's in rome. why has this not been released? people are weird.
Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 10:28 pm
by euan
IDK.
It is the best sounding live stuff I've heard from the Talking Heads. Plus Tina Weymouth is sex incarnate in it.
Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 10:42 pm
by JamesSmann
who'd be blow and was he allowed to marry them?
Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2009 11:39 am
by stewart
never mind his guitars, check his fucking suit!
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he also looks like a cross between james woods and alex kapranos.
Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2009 12:31 pm
by euan
After Belew joined the Talking Heads, Byrne started playing Strats. After Belew joined the Talking Heads, Belew starting wearing ridiculous baggy suit trousers.
Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2009 12:39 pm
by Grant
HAH! He likes Kahlers. ADRIAN FUCKING BELEW likes FUCKING KAHLERS on FUCKING SHOTSCALES.
Not that anyone was ever arguing with me about Kahlers, or Kahlers on shortscales, but I feel I've scored a minor victory here.
Edit: He also uses actives, though admittedly Lace Sensors are about a world or two apart from "my" EMGs...
Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2009 1:30 pm
by ekwatts
Is Tina Weymouth the coolest bassist ever?
Why, yes. Yes, she is.
Posted: Mon Sep 14, 2009 8:51 pm
by m0n0mania
from what I remember they're not active pickups, just had no-holes covers on them for the paint job.
The guts of a GR300 controller in there as well.
Posted: Mon Sep 14, 2009 11:32 pm
by chisa
stewart wrote:never mind his guitars, check his fucking suit!
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he also looks like a cross between james woods and alex kapranos.
that is fucking awful
Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2009 9:39 am
by m0n0mania
Maybe you're too young to remember the 80s? That suit was the kind of thing funeral directors used to wear. Everyone else looked like Cindy Lauper, it wasn't nice.
Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2009 8:50 pm
by mezzio13
Here is Adrien using one of his modified Mustangs:
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Also, I met Tina Weymouth when she was hosting the In Pittsburgh Music Awards in 89 (ish). Not only was she very nice, she knew everything about the PGH music scene, amazing since she was not a local, so to speak.
Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2009 8:58 pm
by aen
I cant quite explain why, but laurie anderson creeps me right out.
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specifically this one, terrifies me. Its a great song, but i cant bear to listen to it much.